schooler

See also: Schooler

English

Etymology

From school +‎ -er. Compare the similarly formed English scholar.

Noun

schooler (plural schoolers)

1. A student, or in some cases member, of a particular type of school or schooling. (ordinarily used in combinations such as "high schooler")

   Those kids are all junior high schoolers.

   We're a bunch of old-schoolers.

   • 2017 June 7, AnneClaire Stapleton, “Students get yearbooks with N-word on the cover”, in CNN‎:

     Some middle schoolers are learning that history isn’t always meant to be celebrated after the N-word was inadvertently printed on the front cover of their yearbooks.

2. One who provides schooling; a teacher.
   • 1902, Alec John Dawson, Hidden Manna‎, page 48:

     Is the Shareef of Ain Araish a schooler of servants and waiting men?

Related terms

• elementary schooler
• high schooler
• homeschooler
• middle schooler

Anagrams

• reschool